Education minister, Mary Hanafin, provoked a storm last week when she said “I really wish parents who are choosing to move house within term time would make arrangements for their children to be in a school at the beginning of the term”.
She dug herself in deeper by saying “parents moving house are more concerned with [...]
It as been said that 99% of taxi drivers give the rest a bad name and this continues to hold true despite the efforts of the Taxi Regulator, in particular the introduction a National Maximum Taxi Fare in September this year.
In the lead up, and after, the taxi drivers took to the streets in hoards, [...]
Having read all the posts on this blog, I must say that that by rockbeer deserves kudos for clarity, eloquence and sheer common sense.
I empathise in particular, with points 8 to 10 about anticipating what might happen and leaving space between you and the vehicle ahead. Virtually all so-called scrapes/shunts are as a result [...]
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This is Ray’s ’stop the road carnage’ campaign blog.
Of particular interest is the post by ‘rockbeer’, an English man who has travelled widely and is now resident in Ireland. He makes a lot of sense with his comments about Irish drivers’ failure to anticipate and to drive in such a way as [...]
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